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Books and Arts; London fiction. The best of cities, the worst of cities. The capital as inspiration for novelists. London is a “great cesspool” into which the loungers and idlers of life irresist...

文艺 伦敦小说 这是最好的城市 也是最坏的城市 首都伦敦 小说家灵感之源 亚瑟·柯南道尔在一集福尔摩斯故事中写道，伦敦是个“污水坑”，不可避免地集聚了游手好闲，无所事事的懒汉。但伦敦也是块相当肥沃的垃圾场，每一代小说家，每...

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Science and technology. Astronomy. Psst. Want a space telescope? America's spies make a generous donation to NASA. AMERICA'S civilian space programme is built atop its military one. Its rockets ...

科技 天文学 喂，要太空望远镜吗？ 美国间谍机构对NASA慷慨捐赠 美国的民用空间计划建立在军用基础之上，比如运载火箭，由携带核弹头并瞄准前苏联的弹道导弹发展而来，再往前可以追溯到二战时用于轰炸伦敦和安特卫普的德国V2系列...

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Small wonder, then, that music firms are scrambling to cut costs. EMI is in fairly good shape after being put on a diet by Terra Firma, the private-equity firm that owned it before Citigroup. Still, U...

有少部分人怀疑，也就是说，目前的音乐唱片公司都在努力缩减开支。花旗集团接手之前的百代，经过私募股权投资公司—泰丰资本的操刀调整之后，处于一个比较良好的状态。而现在，环球公司即将收购的却是百代最容易受到科技侵扰的唱片事业部。花旗集团单独将百代...

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Business. The music business. Universal's gamble. A musical merger could create a new model, or a dozy mammoth. A WISE gamble involves knowing when to hold, when to fold and when to run, croons ...

商业 唱片业 环球公司的赌博游戏 唱片行业的并购案可能会催生一种新的商业模式，抑或是一个行动迟缓的"庞然大物" 肯尼·罗杰斯在通过百代旗下的国会唱片公司发行的一首歌中，这样低声吟唱道："聪明的牌手知道何时叫牌，他懂得扣牌的...

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Business. Women in management. A word from your sponsor. Time for women to stop being shrinking violets at work. "I DON'T know any successful women who haven't had a powerful sponsor in their orga...

商业 女性管理者 后台一句话的事 职场女性 从此不再畏首畏尾 "在一个组织里，对于女性而言，没有过硬的后台帮助她们完成人生的首次突破，还能够风生水起的，我实在是没见过，"阿维娃·维滕贝格-考克斯，性别顾问公司20-First总裁...

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Transatlantic espionage. The lives of others. European governments should not kick up a fuss about American spying. They have too much to lose. NOBODY likes to be spied on, especially by their al...

横跨大西洋的谍战 窃听风暴 欧洲国家政府不应为了“棱镜”门而大吵大闹。因为他们将损失惨重 没人喜欢被监控，更不要说被自己的盟友监控了。所以，当欧洲国家发现，美国人在对他们实施监控、还是在自己的地盘上时，会火冒三丈就不足为奇了。美国不...

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Books and Arts; Book Review; New fiction; Rings of truth. Gold. By Chris Cleave. Novels about sport are notoriously hard to pull off. It seems somewhat odd for a literary mind to care how often a...

文艺 书评 新小说 真实的故事 《赤子之心》 克瑞斯·克里夫着 写一部关于体育运动的小说，显然是有难度的。让文学去关注一粒球怎样入网，冲刺终点需要多长时间，看起来多少有点奇怪。然而，事实也不尽然。古典文学所追求的叙述方式往...

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United States. Health reform. Mississippi spurning. Obamacare hits trouble in the states. BARACK OBAMA’S health reform was supposed to bring universal health coverage to America on January 1st,...

美国 医疗改革 密西西比吐槽不断 奥巴马的医保改革在美国麻烦不小 奥巴马的医疗改革原本预计从2014年1月1日开始实施，大范围的美国人将享受医保待遇，但事实上事与愿违。为什么？让我们以密西西比州为例一探究竟。 泰瑞·布朗，是一...